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Employees at Portland’s Largest Shelter Provider Want Police Off Board, Among Other Changes Transition Projects Inc. faces demands to shift toward social and racial justice. Walking near Pioneer Place in downtown Portland. (Brian Burk) Updated March 3 Since last summer, dozens of employees at Transition Projects Inc., the $20 million Portland nonprofit that runs 10 local homeless shelters, have pushed to expel two board members: Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Jami Resch.
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Murmurs: Turmoil Over Cops at Transition Projects In other news: Rumblings in the next governor s race. Rukaiyah Adams (Christine Dong) Updated March 3
TURMOIL OVER COPS AT TRANSITION PROJECTS: Since last summer, dozens of employees at Transition Projects Inc., the Portland nonprofit that runs 10 local homeless shelters with a budget of about $20 million, have pushed to expel two board members: Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Jami Resch. The employees objections were not personal but rather a reflection of the negative interactions many homeless people and TPI staff have had with police. TPI executive director George Devendorf says the board took the requests very seriously, brought in an outside consultant, and held a series of meetings with employees, but ult